The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-14

lhe ilne OF march took the marching army of
sEmpathizers directly past Griefs Hall. in the
basement Of which group of Anarchists used
TO mold nightly conferences and instruct
eaeh other in the use of dynamite
the hour above mentioned the first line of men
could be seen crossing the Despaines-street via
quot, where. in 1877, bloody fight took place
between the police ana the railroad strikers.
mere was no advance guard of police. Chief
Marshal Charles Hepp, with two aids. led the
way. They wore no red bur simple black
clothes, and Grape on their arms. Then came a
orlillantly clothed corps of musicians dressed In
the colors of the German army, and on their
heaos spiked helmets The oand-master carried
asword in his hand. and bore striking resem-
| blance to King William of Prussia. AS this
band passed Zepf's Hall, which was open and
hlied with drinking men, it struck dirge,
as did, in fact. every other band in the process
sion, and there were at least fifteen OF them.
Following the first corps OF musicians
| walked the defense committee. the men VINO had
charge of collecting the funds with which it was
hoped to save the Anarchists from their fate.
George Schling led the committee and carried
IN his hands a floral tribute Following them
marched, eight abreast, nearly two hundred
mem bers of the Aurora Turn Verein. of which
| August Spies a member The whole So
in sympathy with anarchy. Four hundred of
tsehe Vorw9rts Turner Socloty cams next. wear
ing red badges their breasts. This branch
of the Turner's is more strongly tinctured with
| socialism than any IN tbs city One hundred
| OF the Vorschreit branch came next, and
then followed the feature of the procession.
| There were no nodding black plumes on it, but
| the top was covered with floral tributes that
nothing nothing else could be seen; Inside was the
lief against the black broadcloth of the coffin
| thrown great sash of red silk. 1t was all the
| moro striking because no flowers had been
| placed inside to interfere with the idea of hav-
| ing Spess beloved colors shown to the public
| even after his DEATH The crowds on the Street
| corners craned their necks to get glimpse of
this, the most imposing of all the hearses in
the pageant.
Then another band wheeled into Lake street,
| playing dirge It was in front of many hun
| dred members of the Central Labor Union, the
| members of which among the most extreme
| Socialists of the city. Behind them walked the
black horses which drew the hearse in which lay
| the cofin of Adoph Fischer, he who yelled
''Hurrah for Anarchy" at the moment be was
/ hanged. His hearse had not SO many flowers on
] it as did that of his comrade Spies. but there
/ were enough to show that although he
| poor man, yet his felow-Socialists had not
! failed 20 remember him. But for some reason
no red silk emblem of his faith had been thrown
| across ths casket in which were his remains.
| Then came the funeral carriage of A. r. Par
sons On the box by the driver sat man hold
| ing in his hands floral emblem of such i'm
mense size that the inscription of flowers, From
| K OF L. Assembly 1907" could be one hun
| dre9 feet away. This s the assembly to which
| Parsons belonged until il kicked out of the
order because of the recent decided stand made
by the Knights against the cause of anarchy.
For the reason that this the only floral
piece or in the hearse, it attracted all the
more attention. Then there WAS another little
thing about Parsons's coffin Instead of great
sash of red thrown across it, there WAS simple
strip of red silk ribbon which was trailed care
lessly from the head of the casket TO almost the
center and was then strung along the floor of
the hearse until it wound itself into little heap
at the foot. 1T is suggestive of serpent" was
the remark of the on-lookers.
Then along came another escort of the Cen
trail Labor Union-butchers, and bakers, and
representatives of all sorts of trades. Behind
these were drawn the hearses of George Engel
and Louis Linge, the suicide They were
frYn DE- fa I'D lived anil . fhA
funeral p..scant were placed in close proximity.
Over bott.sIhs black c,fins were the inevitable
red banners under which the men had fought
Several hcral pieces carried behind by stall
wart men. All through this. which may be
called ths first part of the demonstration were
ntersperseo the carriages the relatives
& end 3 few near friends of the dead Anarchists,
sbft-saa original program. rne was changed IN the
hdr<y and confusion of getting the line together
SO that the carriages IF the mourners became
somewhat mixed
Tie next feature Of the procession the
turnout of people who followed after the
hearses. Down from the viaduct. around the
corner into Lake street they marched. There
men, there were women, there were boys
and girls on foot, and babes in arms, bands of
music, and arms full of flowers. In ranks of
four to eight deep they tramped-husbands.
wives, children and sweethearts. As they
swung into Lake street not a word was uttered
by those in the ranks or those on the corners.
The respect shown by the police for those in the
parade was remarkable. Only eight officers
stationed at this historic corner to keep the
crowd back from intruding
A most noticeable feature of this part Of the
pageant was the showing made by two local as
semblies of the Knights of Labor composed
wholly of women. Each Of these were afiame
with red Scarlet in their hats, bows OF Grim
at their throats. and long streamers of
crimson from their shoulders made the appear
ance of the working women the object of espe-
cial comment. In front of them marched Miss
Mary McCormic master workman of the organ
zation known Lucy Parsons Assembly, K.
of l.. She was attended by two others, and the
trio carried huge wreath. TO the top of which
attached snow-white dove-the emblem
OF peace 1t will be remem bered that the signal
for the gathering at the Haymarket square was
the printed German word .'ruhe,' meaning
peace. This the only white dove in the
whole line. The tribute was sent by the Ladies
Defense Fund Committee of Cincinnati.
Then came more men, women and children,
and 1t took the marching thousands just twenty
three minutes to pass the corner.
After the walkers came the carriages. to the
number of fifty. They were overloaded with
people of all ages and sexes. And here a
change was made. Instead of turning into Lake
street the line of vehicles kept due south
Desplaines street at brisk trot Squarely over
the spot where the bomb fell, and on over the
ground strewn by mangled bodies the night OF
the riot tramped the horses But there
was crowd there to-day. Not
dozen persons were at the corner of Randolph
street when the first carriage rolled by.
On went the line past the Desplaines-street sta
ton, on the steps of which stood Lieutenant
Bold and few policemen, who gazed with stoid
looks. In the alley stood patrol wagon, with
horses all ready to go, showing that the officers
were on tue alert ne carriages reacneu the
Wisconsin Central depot possibly twenty min
utes ahead of the marchers of the procession,
who went east Lake street. south
in which was formerly. the Office Of
August Spies and A. Il. Parsons, when
they wrote bloodthrsty editorials for their
spective papers-the Arbeiter Zetung and the
Alarm. As the first ranks of the Aurora Turn
Verein passed the building some of its mem
bers raised in the air a. small United States flag
and waved il over his head. This the sig
nal for a cheer from the loyal spectators the
sidewalk.
In half an hour more Marshal Hepp halted
the procession at the Wisconsin Central depot,
and the cofins of the four who had paid
the penalty of murder on the gallows. and that
of Louis Liugg, the bomb-maker and suicide,
borne on the shoulders OF the pall-bearers
through a side entrance to the depot and de pos
tied in a combination baggage aud smoking car,
to which was attached an engine ready to start
for dhairr